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Deon Hignett - Kyrgyzstan hunt -

Since Deon is planning to publish an article on this hunt, we can only say a few words and share one photo at this stage.

Waking up to this! Snow all over. Hunting in Kyrgyzstan in a nutshell... would I do it again... never! It was hard, hard, hard and I mean HARD in every sense, physically, emotionally and mentally. Equipment was tested to the limit (GSC's printed true as ever, even when we added 4000m of extra altitude!, but the Butler Creek elasticised sling didn't make the grade) and the hunting "industry" in Kyrgyzstan is incredibly naive, largely to the detriment of the "client"! Would I encourage everyone to do it... without a doubt! There is no feeling like hearing the crack of an avalanche behind you as you race on horseback down a glacier! There is no feeling like gasping for air at 4000m after an 8 hour stalk on a big-horned hairy goat with eye-sight that makes a grey rhebuck look myopic.

If you hunt, this is something that you must do at least once in a lifetime, it is truly addictive (high mountain hunting and especially goat and sheep). I'm off to Austria in September this year for more of the same (chamois in the Austrian Alps) but much more civilized. No more corn flakes and hot water or two-minute noodles for 5 days straight (as per Kyrg).

Pick of a black wildebeest I shot yesterday (18 April 2011) with the GSCHV in 130 gr. Performed flawlessly as always!

Deon Hignett - Rondebosch - 2010 -

The main reason (other than because it's a locally produced product) why I started testing GSCHV bullets is because I'm going to hunt Ibex in Kyrgyzstan in September of this year.
I chose my .308 as it's the lightest rifle I have (we'll be hunting on horseback in the mountains) and combined with GSCHV (130gr, as recommended by Gerard) I'm pretty confident out to about 400m.

This is a photo of a three shot group I shot at 100m (sorry for the poor quality, I had to use my cellphone camera). I didn't measure the group but the hole is barely bigger than bullet diameter.

As part of the testing, other than testing on paper, I have shot wild boar, impala and mountain reedbuck over varying distances. All animals died and died quickly (either falling in their own shadow or within a few paces)! All shots produced a nice neat entry wound and in some cases more than one exit wound (the petals breaking off?). All shots have been 100% pass-through (so no bullet recovery, which doesn't bother me in the slightest). Acceptable meat damage (although for trophy hunting this isn't to much of a consideration).

We are looking forward to receiving further feedback on your overseas hunt, Deon. ~ TFD.